- The Real Story Of Obama's 'Decision-Making' With The
Pirates And Hostage
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- Having spoken to some SEAL pals here in Virginia Beach
yesterday and asking why this thing dragged out for 4 days, I got the following:
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- 1. Barack Hussein Obama (BHO) wouldn't authorize the
DEVGRU/NSWC SEAL teams to the scene for 36 hours going against OSC (on
scene commander) recommendation.
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- 2. Once they arrived, BHO imposed restrictions on their
ROE that they couldn't do anything unless the hostage's life was in "imminent"
danger
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- 3. The first time the hostage jumped into the sea, the
SEALS had the raggies all sighted in, but could not fire due to ROE restriction
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- 4. When the navy RIB came under fire as it approached
with supplies, no fire was returned due to ROE restrictions. As the raggies
were shooting at the RIB, they were exposed and the SEALS had them all
dialed in.
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- 5. BHO specifically denied two rescue plans developed
by the Bainbridge CPN and SEAL teams.
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- 6. Bainbridge CPN and SEAL team CDR finally decide they
have the OpArea and OSC authority to solely determine risk to hostage.
4 hours later, 3 dead raggies.
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- 7. BHO immediately claims credit for his "daring
and decisive" behaviour. As usual with him, it's BS.
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- Read the following accurate account.
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- Philips' first leap into the warm, dark water of the
Indian Ocean hadn't worked out as well. With the Bainbridge in range and
a rescue by his country's Navy possible, Philips threw himself off of his
lifeboat prison, enabling Navy shooters onboard the destroyer a clear shot
at his captors and none was taken.
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- The guidance from National Command Authority, the president
of the United States , Barack Obama had been clear: a peaceful solution
was the only acceptable outcome to this standoff unless the hostage's life
was in clear, extreme danger.
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- The next day, a small Navy boat approaching the floating
raft was fired on by the Somali pirates and again no fire was returned
and no pirates killed. This was again due to the cautious stance assumed
by Navy personnel, thanks to the combination of a lack of clear guidance
from Washington and a mandate from the commander in chief's staff not to
act until Obama, a man with no background of dealing with such issues and
no track record of decisiveness, decided that any outcome other than a
peaceful solution would be acceptable.
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- After taking fire from the Somali kidnappers again Saturday
night, the onscenecommander decided he'd had enough.
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- Keeping his authority to act in the case of a clear and
present danger to the hostage's life, and having heard nothing from Washington
since yet another request to mount a rescue operation had been denied the
day before, the Navy officer, unnamed in all media reports to date, decided
the AK47 one captor had leveled at Philips' back was a threat to the hostage's
life and ordered the NSWC team to take their shots.
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- Three rounds downrange later, all three brigands became
enemy KIA and Philips was safe.
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- There is upside, downside, and spinside to the series
of events over the last week that culminated in yesterday's dramatic rescue
of an American hostage.
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- Almost immediately following word of the rescue, the
Obama administration and its supporters claimed victory against pirates
in the Indian Ocean and [1] declared that the dramatic end to the standoff
put paid to questions of the inexperienced president's toughness and decisiveness.
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- Despite the Obama administration's (and its sycophants')
attempt to spin yesterday's success as a result of bold, decisive leadership
by the inexperienced president, the reality is nothing of the sort. What
should have been a standoff lasting only hours, as long as it took the
USS Bainbridge and its team of NSWC operators to steam to the location,
became an embarrassing four day and counting standoff between a ragtag
handful of criminals with rifles and a U.S. Navy warship.
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